HD Install :: Frugal Explanation



Has anyone used the command "fb800x600" at the portion of the
frugal install script that asks for other boottime options?

I seem to remember reading somewhere here that lilo didn't
like having the vga=xxx line in the append section of lilo.conf,
but somewhere else in lilo.conf was ok ( near the top? )

perhaps I'm confused, or have my facts reversed..
I'll research more in-depth in the forums about vga= in lilo.conf.

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ke4nt
I usually place my vga=normal after the timeout line, i.e., it becomes the third line from the top. It is not in the append section.
Hi Adssse
I think the reason your mydsl stuff isn't working is because of the way that option wants your input.  You would think that it would want mydsl=/hda2  or mydsl=/hda2/opt but that is not it.

It actually wants mydsl=hda2 or mydsl=hda2/opt
good luck
Do I need to enter mydsl=hda2 on the line of boot options where I put home=hda2 and opt=hda2? Because I just used the prompt where it asked if I wanted to specify a place for mydsl. I said yes and when prompted entered hda2.
I use GRUB as my loader so I don't know exactly which works best.  With GRUB I do the frugal install with no options at all.  I then specify my boot options on the "kernel" line.  I think that the equivalent would be to put it on the same line as your home and opt settings.  Here is a portion of my GRUB config file.  This way I can boot any of several ways depending on what I need at the time.

# Boot automatically after 30 secs.
timeout 30

# By default, boot the first entry.
default 0

#or, for frugal,

title DSL-frugal-mydsl-ssh-nodhcp (hda5)
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/isolinux/linux24 root=/dev/hda5 mydsl=hda6 ssh nodhcp
initrd /boot/isolinux/minirt24.gz
boot

title DSL-frugal-base-norestore (hda5)
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/isolinux/linux24 root=/dev/hda5 base norestore
initrd /boot/isolinux/minirt24.gz
boot

title DSL-frugal-toram-ssh-ftp-nodhcp (hda5)
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/isolinux/linux24 root=/dev/hda5 mydsl=hda6 toram ssh ftp nodhcp
initrd /boot/isolinux/minirt24.gz
boot
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